THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Generally fair today and tomorrows
not much change in temperature.
VOL. X. NO. 279.
RICH DOCTOR
FOILS MOVE
TO POT HIM
IN ASYLUM
Committed in Alabama, Twice
Arrested Here, Young Physi
cian Still Roams Atlanta.
OFFICER FORCED TO ASK
i REQUISITION FOR CHARGE
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Mayson Foshee Once Was One
of Leading Medical Practi
tioners in Brewton.
Tn spite of the fact that he has been
committed to tjje Alabama state asylum
for the Insane and though the Atlanta
police have twice arrested him for lu
nacy, Dr. Mayson Foshee, a wealthy
young physician of Brewton, Ala., suc
cessfully has defied the efforts of the
authorities to Incarcerate him and he Is
at liberty in Atlanta today.
Foshee, who i» 36 years old and who
until recently had one of the largest
medical practices in Alabama, fled
Brewton several days ago just after
he had been tried'for lunacy and com
mitted to the asylum. He is said to be
a drug user and when he is not dazed
by the narcotic labors under the delu
sion that his family Is trying to cheat
him of his fortune, which amounts to
many thousand dollars.
' Yesterday the chief of police of
Brewton followed Dr. Foshee to Atlan
ta, and, after a long search, found him
in apartments at the Hilburn hotel.
The Brewton chief callad upon the local
police for aid.- Foshee was arrested,
despite his protests, and locked up.
Unable to Take Him
Without Requisition.
But when ths Alabama official took
him from the cell to start on the jour
ney back to Alabama Foshee refused to
leave. He pointed out that he had been
arrested upon a commitment that had
been made out in another state and
was not valid in Georgia. He showed
the Brewton officer had no requisition
upon which to take him to Alabama,
and, despite the drugs, he pleaded his
case so well that the Atlanta authori
ties had no recourse but to discharge
him.
Foshee went back to his hotel, while
the discomfited chief of the Brewton
police hurried back to get a requisition
, from the governor of Alabama.
Date last night the police received a
telephone call from Dr. William D. Ro
per, a druggist, saying that a man who
was wanted by the authorities could be
found at the.corner of Wall and Pryor
streets. He gave no name and Detec
tives Starnes and Campbell were aston
ished when they arrived at the corner
to find that their new- prisoner was
Foshee, whom before they had helped
arrest. Nevertheless, they took him to
police headquarters, where he again
protested against detention and again
was discharged.
Dr. Foshee declares that he will fight
extradition to Alabama. He says he is
going to stay in Atlanta, despite the ef
forts of his “enemies” to put him “in a
mad house and get the fortune for
themselves.”
He probably will remain at liberty
here until the Brewton chief of police
, an return with the requisition papers.
MAJOR M. E. LAIRD
OF N. G. G. IS GIVEN
MILITARY FUNERAL
Impressive military services marked
the burial of Major Mack E Laird, of
the ordinance department. National
‘ Guard of Georgia, today at Westview
cemetery. Mr. Laird died at his home,
so:: Peachtree street, yesterday.
Military officers detailed from the
First battalion of the Fifth Infantry.
Troop L, and the Second squad of cav
commanded by Majo r J. O. Sea
mans. as military escort, today. The
Seventeenth Fulled States infantry
band lead the procession.
The services were conducted by Rev.
,1 tv. Millard at the First Baptist
church at fo:80 o'clock, after which
the procession proceeded to Westview,
where the soldiers took charge of the
body and conducted military burial.
KULICK, IN FORD, BEATS
1 TIME OF HEARNS’ BENZ
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ALGONQUIN. ILL., ?June 21.—Three
tintes today Frank Kulick, of Detroit,
smashed the hill climbing record on
’ the Algonquin hill.
Driving a special Ford, he was
. raked in I*3-5. 15 2-5 and 15 4-5
seconds in three different, events.
»h>ih beats the record of 16 2-5 made
!a..i rear by Eddie Hearns In the 120-
| hor-enower Benz.
Th, hill •« 1.00(1 fc°t long and 26
,pm , Iti at its steepest portion The
,ai given a flying start.
The Atlanta Georgian EXTRA
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results '
Felton Won't Answer
Massee for the Sake
Os Family Friendship
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Judge's Mother Taught Macon,
Rival His Sunday School
Lessons Years Ago.
MACON, GA.. .Tune 21. —Because his I
mother taught W. J. Massee, Sunday i
school lessons long years ago, Judge j
William H. Felton, president of the |
Macon Railway and Light Company, I
will not reply to the latter’s charge that |
he accepted a big,fee from a corpora - '
tion while on the bench of the superior j
court of the Macon circuit.
“His family and my family have been I
intimate for three generations, and life I
is too short to destroy friendships built I
up for generations about matters that j
can be measured in dollars and cents. •
Mr. Massee was a member of my moth- l
er's Sunday school class in Marshall- '
vUe," Felton.
The judge does deny, however, the !
charge made by Mr. Massee that when ,
the Macon Water Company was sold to ‘
the city last year he received a larger
price for hie stock than minority stock- i
holders, “by reason of being on the in- I
side.”
The mayor and council of Macon
unanimously deny the charge made by ;
Mr. Massee that they concerted with ;
him last December In signing an illegal |
five-year contract for lights from the i
Macon Railway and Light Company, so I
as to bluff the Georgia Power Company !
' from coming to Macon.
RACES TO KEEP HER
SICK MOTHER FROM
NEWS OF TRAGEDY
To prevent her sick mother. Mrs. E.
H. West, from learning the details of a
family tragedy in which Charles E.
West 1b being held in New Orleans sot ,
the killing of George Borden. Mrs. B. .1.
Sells, 215 Courtland street, is hastening ,
to her mother’s bedside In Magee. Ark.
When young West shot and killed his
brother-in-law. Borden, In New Or
leans two days ago his mother lay at
the point of death. Mrs. Selle decided
that news of the killing must be kept
from her if she was to live. So the
race with the report, which will travel
slowly in the Arkansas backwoods, be
gan today.
Shortly after the shooting West told
the authorities in New Orleans that he
killed Borden in self-defense while the
latter was advancing on him with a
knife. Borden, he said, had been drink
ing heavily and had abused his sister, |
and Borden, in a dying statement to
the New Orleans police, asserted- that
West shot without cause.
RESCUER OF TITANIC
SURVIVORS THANKED
BY BRITISH OFFICIALS-
LONDON, Jtine 21.—The thanks of
the British government were today ten
dered to Captain Rostron of the liner
Carpathia. who saved the Titanic sur
vivors, when the Board of Trade in
quiry into the Titanic disaster was re
sumed.
Attorney General Sir Rufus Isaacs,
acting in his official capacity, congrat
ulated Captain Rostron, and other
speeches were made by Lord Mersey
and Sir. Robert Finlay, chief of the
White Star counsel. There was a big
demonstration when Captain Rostron
appeared.
CANDIDATES
MUST ENTER BY JUNE 29
AUGUSTA. GA.. .Tune 21.—The date
set for the final announcemem of can
didates for county offices has been
fixed as June 29 by a sub-committee of
the county executive committee. There
are eight candidates for the legisla
ture. two for clerk of superior court and
one each for ordinary, sheriff, tax col®
lector and t-ax receiver. R. O. Lombard
and A. J. Twiggs are candidates for
country corfimissloners to succeed F.
B. Pope and L. A. Beckmans. Daniel
Kerr and T. W. Pilcher are candidates
for clerk of court, as W. D. Walker,
the incumbent, is not seeking re-elec
tion. Sheriff John W. Clark has no op
position. Ordinary A. R. Walton, Tax
Collector C. S. Boliler and Tax Receiver
C. A. Steed have not been opposed In
nearly twenty years.
AUGUSTA AND SAVANNAH
BANKS TO CONSOLIDATE
AUGUST, GA.. June 21. The Citi
zens and Southern bank of Savannah,
recent purchasers of a controlling in- I
terest in five National bank of Augusta, I
will be consolidated with the Augusta I
bank under the title of the Citizens i
and Southern bank of Savannah and I
Augusta. The Augusta institution will!
be a national bank no longer. The com. '
bined capital stock will be $1,000,000, I
and the surplus $1,000,000, while the de- j
posits are already more than $7,000,000.
FIRE MASTERS FAIL TO
AGREE: BIDS REJECTED
Atlanta's fire alarm problem is back
at the starting point, after several in
effectual attempts to award contracts
for a new system or an extension of
the old. The board of fire masters held
a called meeting to award the contract,
but Fire Chief Cummings favored one
system and City Electrician Turner an-|
other, and after a heated argument I
the board adjourned with all bids re
jected and new ones called for. An
other meeting v ill be called within a
week two. when the rival compa
nies will submit new bids
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912.
T. R BLOCKS STEAM ROLLER;
ALL NOMINATIONS HELD UP
I UNCLE TRUSTY! I
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CUBA SEETHING:
RAGE fflß NUR
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HAVANA, June 21.—Race hatred
throughout Cuba is growing in bitter
ness and fear increases daily that con
ditions have reached such a pass that
a general race "ar can not be avert
ed.
Loyal newspapers in this city charge
that M. Henri Bryois. the French con
sul at Santiago de Cuba, has been se
cretly giving help to the rebels and
that it was he who inspired the procla
mation issued by General Antomarchi.
the negro insurgent leader, setting a
time limit when all whites should be
put to the sword.
President Gomez may tall for the re
tirement of the French consul within
a few days.
Rebel leaders are inflaming their ne
gro soldiers against the whites by sto
ries of cruelties inflicted. Many of the'
negroes can not read and therefore rely
for their information upon verbal ad
vice. Utilizing this opportunity, the
leaders are reporting terrible massa
cres by Cuban soldiers to stir the ne
groes to frenzy.
WOHLWENDER, SLADE AND
SWIFT RUN IN MUSCOGEE
COLUMBUS. GA., June 21.—Repre
sentatives Ed Wohlwetider and J. J.
Slade have announced as candidates to
succeed themselves in the lower house
of the Georgia general assembly from
Muscogee county.
Muscogee county having been given
another representative under the new
apportionment. H. H. Swift, a young
attorney of this city, has announced
as a candidate for that position. No
opposition has arisen to tlrrse candi
dates 4V
4 DEAD, 2 WOUNDED
IN TEXAS FEUD:GIRL
SLAYS, THEN IS SHOT
SHERMAN, TEXAS. June 21.-in a
feud battle near here yesterday four
person® were killed and two wounded.
Before she was slain. Miss Georgia
Sharp killed one man and wounded an
other man and his wife.
The Sharp family, consisting of Miss
Georgia Sharp, her father. L. W. Sharp,
and her brother. Walter, were passing
the home of old foes the Waldrop fam
ily, when both factions began firing.
Henry Waldrop killed Walter Sharp
and his father. As they fell Miss Geor
gia Sharp seized her father’s smoking
magazine rifle and took up the battle.
She killed Russell Waldrop, then shot
his parents. F’rone on the ground,
Henry Waldrop returned the fii«, and
shot Miss Sharp She died almost in
stantly.
“bunny’- McFarland, wife
SLAYER. GETS NEW TRIAL
TRENTON. N. J.. June 21. —The
court of errors and appeals has granted
a new trial in the. ease of Allison M.
McFarland, who was convicted In
Newark of hiving caused the death of
his wife by placing poison in a place
where medicine was usually found. The
trial was made sensational •by the in
troduction of “bunny” letters that
passed between McFarland and his ste
nographer.
CARS MUST BE SCREENED.
JACKSON, MISS.. June 21.—The
Mississippi railroad commission has is
sued an order compelling ail railroads
to screen cars in which passengers
travel. Several of the roads complied
with the ordet it® proposal more
than a month ago and no protest is
expected fi om any of the line® catering
the state.
THINK ELOPERS
ARE HIDING HERE
Detectives who are searching Atlanta
today for some trace of Mrs. Grace
Harmon Reames. the eloping society
woman of Spartanburg, believe that
they will be able td feiret out her hid
ing place'if they can find the owner of
the automobile in which she made the
last part of her sensational flight from
her husband’s home.
These detectives have been told that
when Mrs. Reames took her child and
ran away from Dr. J. W. Reames, her
husband, with a man believed to be J.
W. Rogers, a Greenwood hotel clerk,
she first took a train for Atlanta
Then, becoming fearful of further
pursuit, she left the cars fit a point out
side this city, entered an automobile
owned by an acquaintance and thus
succeeded in reaching some hiding
place In Atlanta while detectives
searched for her on tire trains
Offers Reward of $25.
Dr. R.eames say® ho has offered the
reward of $25 for the finding of his wife,
and son only because he wants to ob
tain the custody of five-year-old Or
lando Reamer, from whom he has heard
no word since the elopement of the so
ciety woman caused a sensation nearly
a year ago. Hts offer of reward came
to the Atlanta police tn this message
from Constable J W Becknell. of
Spartanburg:
Mrs. Reames and Orlando
Reames believed to be in Atlanta:
$25 reward for information as to
either.
The searchers have been given to
understand that Dr. Reamer also wil!
pay for information as to the where
abouts of Rogers. He is being aided in
his search for the child by S. Rogers,
a brother of the man who is believed
to have run away with Mrs. Reamer.
Rigers believes hi® brother now is
known as Rogers McCashlin.
Fight in Credentials Committee Halts
Convention and Final Adjournment
May Not Come Before Tuesday Af
ternoon—Taft Men, Fearing a Bolt,
Play Waiting Game.
Roosevelt Leoders to Offer Passive Resistance,
and Then Bolt if Nomination Is Made by Use
of “Stolen” Votes, Holding Convention of
“Progressives” Some Time in August.
CHICAGO, June 21.—Congressman G. R. Malby, of New
York, a member of the credentials committee, announced at
9:35 a. m. that the committee would be unable to report before
Monday, and that the nominations would necessarily be delayed
until next Wednesday. ,
COLISEUM, CHICAGO. -lune 21.—The G. O.
was checked for the time being by the situation which Roosevelt
created in his announcement of a willingness to head a third par
ty if fraud is allowed to stand in the present convention. .The
fourth day's session of the convention was called to order by
Chairman Root shortly after 11 o'clock today, but there was
every prosp.ect that it would adjourn shortly without action, the
report of the credentials committee, which had been in session all
night, not being ready. This sifted the prearranged program so
that it wil] hardly be possible for nominations for president to he
in order before Mondav.
It was said that the delay was
deliberately planned by the Taft
men. who. not ready for Roose
velt's announced stand, now see
lhe necessity of finding a third
man who wil) swing the support
of the progressive element of the
party and thus cut off Roosevelt
from the support he has had.
Tile leaders have not been successful
thus far in finding the right man. and
are fighting for time. To give them
this time, ii is charged, the gate has
been opened to the contestants in the
credentials committee, almost unlim
ited time being given in the contests,
thus making it impossible for a report
to be completed on schedule time and
making it necessary to delay the work
of the convention so that Sunday ad
journment will come before the nom
ination stage lias been reached. This
extra day will be advantageous to the
searching antl-Roosevelt men.
Roosevelt Men
In Active Revolt.
Followers of Theodore Roosevelt are
in active revolt against him, and to
day there was a marked shift in the
convention program of the ex-presi
dent Though beaten, he will keep up
the fight, however.
This outline of hi.® plan.® was given
today by one of the leaders still loyal
to Roosevelt:
"If the convention purges its roll of
the tainted delegates, then there will
be no 'bolt.’ no matter who the nomi
nee may be.
"If the convention indorses the ac tion
taken by the Republican national com
mittee. the Roosevelt leaders will notify
the convention that they refuse to rec
ognize its legality and will decline to
be bound by any action the convention
may take.
"There will be no actual bolt, al
though there is a possibility that some
far Western states may leave the hall.
"A plan of ‘passive resistance'' will be
followed by many Roosevelt delegates.
They will not vote on motions connect
ed with tiie organization and work of
the conventin.
Progressives Plan
Convention in August.
“Unless a change in plans Is made,
Colonel Roosevelt's name will be placed
in nomination.
“If a candidate should be nominated
with fraudulent delegates participating,
the Roosevelt delegates will take steps
to call a convention in Chicago during
the first week in August, to |which all
progressives will be invited, and it is
expected Colonel Roosevelt will be
nominated for the presidency.
"Woodrow Wilson Is mentioned as
the colonel's running mate.”
It was the revolt of his followers
against the colonel’s order to bolt that
caused a sudden shift in his plans.
From that shift developed the decision
to form a third party.
Colonel Roosevelt had originally
hoped to take over enough delegates to
claim to be the "regular" Republican
nominee. When hit men refused to
bolt, however, this tope "as given up.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Y „ NO
Committee at
Work All Night
CHICAGO. June 21.—The steam roll
ei in the committee on credentials con
tinued on its way today, after a long
and successful trip last night and yes
terday afternoon. The work of the
national committee in seating Taft
delegates, including all those from
Georgia, has been approved as far
as taken up. It was announced this
morning that the committee would bo
unable to make its report before Mon
day.
The Taft steam roller showed no
halt after the committee convened at
2:41 o'clock yesterday. During the aft
ernoon and last night 26 Taft delegates
were seated in Alabama. Arkansas. Ari
zona, Florida and Georgia at large. Fol-,
lowing this during the early morning#
the following results were tallied on
the Taft side of the column:
Georgia, 12 districts. 24 delegates.
California. Fourth district. 2 delegate-.
Indiana at large, 4 delegates. Indiana,
Thirteenth district. 2 delegates. Ken
tucky. Seventh district. 2 delegates.
Georgia-at-Large
Vote Unanimous.
The only case where there
unanimity was in the four delegates
at-large in Georgia. The Roosevelt ca r
was not considered strong even by th
anti-Taft people. The roll call to sod
the Taft deh gales-at-large sttfod II
to o. The 24 district delegates wcr
seated for Taft on a viva voce voir
“We gave up out plan of expediting
Illis matter by dropping some of the
vases." sdd Committeeman Hugh T.
Halbert, of Minnesota, -this morning,
"because of the tactics of tn Taft
crowd. In the California case w :
fought to the last ditch, but no w.c
ridden down. In that case it was a
matter, of 77,000 people as against the
national committee. The national e mi
mittee overrode the primary law of the
state and made legislation for tin citi
zens of California. President Taft ac
quiesced in that law and he sbou I
now be bound by it.
"This committee and convention Cma
the greatest, crisis in the history of an.
committee or convention, especially in
the California case, where, even will'
.77.000 people, we could not seat our
delegates."
The California case wtt« taken up
about 2 o’clock this morning, tn this
case the Fourth district alone was in
contest. The primary in California In
that district gave Colonel Roosevelt a
big majority. The Taft people con
tested this ease on ate chnicality, alleg
ing the election of delegates in the pri
mary was a violation of the call of
the national committee The vote on
a motion before the credentials com
mittee to seat the Roosevelt delegates
was lost by 28 nays to 16 yeas The
Taft delegates were seated by a viva
voce vote.
Steam Roller
Work Approved
The next case taken up was the four
delegates-at-large in Indiana. Tljese
are Harry S. New. Charles W. Fair
banks. James E. Watson, the floor load -
er foi Taft in the convention, and Jo
seph D. Oliver. After a bitter fight
the steam roller downed Albert J. Bev
eridge. Fred K. and the two
othei Roosevelt delegates from Indiana
